It was the belief by mercantilists that by strictly managing economic life, a national military power could be best achieved.
The use of military power in the protection of supply sources and its target market is the basis of mercantilism’s belief that a world economy can be established. The mercantilist belief also perceived that agriculture is a way to minimize a nation’s food importation necessity.
No, it hurt small businesses and companies.
Both left and right were discontent with this program.
The idea of being a “Protestant” is one who protests, and they did protest. they resisted many ideas of the Catholic church, including (but not limited to) having a pope, praying to dead people (“saints”), statues, ritual of the liturgy, a formal hierarchy, arbitrary and often capricious decisions of the clergy, using religion as a fund raising scheme, abuse of the powers and status of clergy, presuming to supplant the supremacy of scripture, changes of the law, parroted prayers, indulgences, and an uncountable number of other things, not the least of which was torture and killing of many millions of people who disagreed with them. Yes, they protested. They didn’t like that treatment at all. Now, many “Protestants” don’t protest hardly anything the Catholic church does, and the Catholic church in turn has become a much different sort of institution than it was in Luther’s day. Hope this helps <3
Slaves did most of the laboring work in the South. They took care of the crops, cotton at the most, as it was the largest crop supply in the South. The breeding and trading of slaves also ensured that there would be enough workers to go around. White Southern slave owners usually had large plots of land, which they needed plenty of workers to help harvest, plant, and more. Slaves also worked inside the house, as maids or servants or butlers. I believe there were also a few who were taught to drive horse-drawn carriages and coaches, so that they may drive their owners around. Slaves were what gave the Southern community their money, food, and were the base-makers of clothing.